Over the last two decades, in resopnse to political and financial pressures, the NHS has been subjected to considerable changes in its organisation. There is increasing emphases on containing the cost of hosptial provision and making the treatment available from hospitals more responsive to...

Japan's rise to prominence as a leading player within the global electronics industry is frequently cited as emblematic of the country's postwar economic miracle, yet our understanding of why this phenomenon is far from complete. Conventional wisdom is divided, attributing the success of the...

The thrust of the argument put forward in this paper is that the postwar technological advance of the Japanese electronics industry was in essence a product not a primary cause of industrial growth. We demonstrate that the industry's surge forward resulted from the interaction of a unique...

The increasingly important role of SMEs in both regional and national economic development has been widely acknowledged in the economic and entrepreneurship literature.The development of an economic and policy environment supporting new, high-growth, high-technology ventures has become common...

This paper is focused on potentially mandatory electronic submissions (e-submissions) to regulatory authorities for the approval of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals products. Such developments will have serious implications for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) because the cost of...

Strategy exhibits a pervasive commitment to the belief that the best approach to adopt in dealing with affairs of the world is to confront, overcome and subjugate things to conform to our will, control and eventual mastery. Performance is about sustaining distinctiveness. This direct and...

We contribute to the debate on the future of business schools by investigating the nature of knowledge being produced and taught within them. We identify how a preference for abstract causal explanation over practical knowledge, and for reason and truth over what works, has led to a privileging...

What strategic actors actually do in practice has become increasingly the focus of strategy research in recent years. This paper argues that, in furthering such practice-based views of strategy, we need a more adequate re-conceptualization of agency, action and practice and how they interrelate....

Partnering is notoriously difficult; success rates as low as 20 per cent are often quoted. So, is success achievable or are the benefits to be gained from partnering just a myth? What does 'success' mean in partnerships, alliances and other collaborative ventures? The answer might not be as...

This paper addresses the impact of national culture on the lobbying strategies of business associations that operate at the European Union level. Combining insights from research suggesting that organisations' strategic choices are in part determined by the cultural systems in which they are...